: On Wed, Aug 10, 2005, Help for all wrote:
: >Just got back from the SCO Partners meeting in Vegas.
: >
: >There were a couple of sessions on moving to OSR6 and it's not done as an
: >"upgrade" or "update" as it was with the 5.xx releases. Yes, some Unixware
: >features are there now, on the way to a true merge of the two products.
: >
: >The PowerPoint presentations should be up later this week or early next
: >week.
:
: Still not eating their own food eh? I would think a Unix company
: would be using non-Microsoft products.
:
: Bill
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: ``You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a
: chance to have their fair say.''
: -Bill Clinton, May 29, 1993, The White House

That's silly. You've always advocated using the right tool for the job.

Powerpoint is the right tool for the job when it come to live
presentations. It has the right combination of features to hold
the attention of live audiences, whether the material is interesting
or boring. It is easy to highlight specific points and bring them out
of the background. And it is incredibly easy to modify.

If you want to see the contents of the live presentations, as is
being offered here, you use PowerPoint.

Can PowerPoints be saved as PDF at the loss of animation? Sure.
But then you'd get less. Do you want or deserve less than the
way everyone saw them live?


When you are preparing information for non-presentation, other choices
arrive.

- PDF when you want to look EXACTLY one way.
- html when you want it to look close to one way, or just add a graphic
or table.
- Word when you want to send a contract for review and editing, as there
is a reasonable expectation that the person on the other end will
have it.
- Text when you just need text to make a point.

There's nothing wrong with any of them, or with extending the list
when appropriate.

When UNIX is the right tool, use it.

Tom
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